ELIM Cusco

The life of street children is very hard. Day in, day out, only in the Peruvian city of Cusco more than 1000 street children have to fight for their survival, the streets are  their home. They sleep in the cold and the rain, they have to steal for their food, often they use drugs and don’t go to school. ELIM offers these children a shelter and a place to rest. It also gives them love, protection and a chance for a new beginning.

ELIM has two refuges and offers shelter to around 25 boys and girls. Both homes are located in Cusco, which despite of its touristic character has many economical and social problems. Besides sheltering the organization offers children from extremely poor background a place to stay in the afternoons. They also provide meals to street children under police custody.

ELIM is unique!

Many shelters are offering a home to orphans. ELIM helps children who still have a family but who have left their homes as they had no other choice and went to the streets. For them it was, and still is, impossible to stay at home because of many problems such as violence, (sexual) abuses, alcoholism, drug abuse, poverty and neglect.

Also, children older than 18 years old are not left to their own fates once again, like in many shelters and orphanages. They can stay at ELIM, get the chance to carry on with their education and get the time needed to be prepared to become independent.